Unofficial Tex Murphy

freepizza wrote:That link was great VanGlower. It really takes me back, and it makes me want to start watching again.

IMDB wrote:AWE Overload was a TV show from Action Wrestling Entertainment that aired on The Fight Network in January of 2006, there were only 7 episodes aired. All of the episodes were taped at the Investors Group Athletic Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The shows contained a mix of in-ring professional wrestling (including MMA exhibitions) and backstage interviews and vignettes. It was the first Winnipeg-based professional wrestling TV show to be on a national network on a weekly basis. AWE would also feature the entire show on their website a week after it aired on The Fight Network.

Wikipedia wrote:Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

In late 2003 Luger began working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), appearing on November 12, teaming with Jeff Jarrett in a loss to Sting and A.J. Styles.[116] He returned to TNA on February 25, 2004, interfering in Styles' match with Abyss for sole possession of the NWA World Tag Team Championship and helping Abyss defeat Styles.[117]

Throughout 2004 and 2005, Luger made sporadic appearances on the independent circuit.[1] He returned to TNA in 2006, first appearing during the April 27 TNA Impact! as the second of Sting's potential tag team partners for Sacrifice.[118] Throughout September and October, he appeared on Impact! as one of the people (along with Buff Bagwell) helping Sting to "prepare" for his upcoming match against Jarrett at Bound for Glory.[119] After Sting won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, Luger retired from wrestling.

Wikipedia wrote: Present Circumstances

Pfohl credits Steve Baskin, the pastor of Western Hills Baptist Church in Kennesaw, Georgia, with pulling him from a terminal tailspin. The jail chaplain met Pfohl in early 2006 and sensed the former wrestler was spiritually bankrupt. As of July 2007, Pfohl lives in a spare bedroom in Baskin's apartment and is trying to figure out a path in life. Pfohl also is an admitted steroid user who says he took handfuls of pills a day in a recent interview.

Lex now resides in England, where he posts on the UKFF educating fans on the dangers of Pro Wrestling, Steroid abuse and lying about the fact that he was the greatest World Champion of all time.[127][128]

[edit] "Spinal Stroke"

On October 19, 2007, Pfohl suffered a nerve impingement in his neck that led to temporary paralysis. He was at Stanford Hospital in stable condition. He underwent intravenous antibiotic treatment and was expected to make a full recovery.[129]

Pfohl issued a statement thanking all of his fans for their continued support. He mentions that doctors are puzzled how this happened, and are not sure if the damage done is permanent. He continues to say that life is fragile, and not to take it for granted.[130]

Nearly a month after his "spinal stroke", Pfohl was finally transferred from California to an Atlanta hospital. He was still in a quadriplegic state, having no movement in either his arms or legs. Pfohl was scheduled to have hip replacement surgery the week before, had it not been for the stroke. Doctors had told him that they would be amazed if he was able to walk without the surgery.[131]

Despite regaining some feeling and movement, Pfohl still remains paralyzed.[132]

Nikita Koloff appeared on the Wrestling-Radio.com online show and gave an update on Pfohl. He said he's traveled twice recently to see Pfohl. He said Pfohl is still in a wheelchair after the San Francisco wrestling convention fiasco, and that for a long time, he was paralyzed from the neck down. After Pfohl spent a week at Stanford Hospital, tests determined nothing. He was sent to an Atlanta rehab facility where their testing also came back with no answers. According to Koloff, "Lex said his spinal column short circuited," but lately he's been making "remarkable improvement." According to Koloff, Pfohl can lift his legs and move his torso, and can hold a can in his hand. Koloff quoted Pfohl as saying, "I've had 49 good years with these legs, and if I never walk again, I'll be the best wheelchairer for Jesus you've ever seen."

He was recently seen in April of 2008 at the hospital in Atlanta pushing himself around with his arms in a standard wheelchair.